UJI EFEKTIFITAS FORMULA SPRAY DARI MINYAK ATSIRI HERBA KEMANGI (Ocimum Sanctum L ) SEBAGAI REPELLENT NYAMUK Aedes aegypti
Abstract: Dengue fever is
transmitted by the bite of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with denguevirus.
Preparations antinyamuk much use of harmful chemicals such as DEET
(diethylmetatoluamide) and permethrin that can lead to pollution of the
environment, leavingno residue and cause resistance to the drug. To determine
the activity of essential oils from herbs basil (Ocimum Sanctum L) in the
preparation of spray as a mosquito repellent and determine the effective
concentrationof the spray.This type of research is True experiment with design
Post Test Only Control Group Design. Repellent activity was observed by means
of spray is sprayed on the back of the hand probandus, then tested on female
mosquitoes with the introduction into the cage containing20 mosquitoes each
treatment. Spray essential oils showed repellent activity of Aedes aegypti with
a value of correlation r = 0.964 higher concentration of essential oils the
fewer mosquitoes that land. Spray herbal essential oil of basil (Ocimum
basilicum L) has a repellent activitycompared to the negative control. The
effectiveness of the herb basil essential oil sprayobtainedat 74.131 ppm lC50
and lC90 of 775.711 ppm
Keywords: herb basil, spray, repellent
Penulis: Resmi Aini, Rina
Widiastuti, Nuha Afra Nadhifa
Kode Jurnal: jpfarmasidd160466
